IT Support Specialist II

Working Shift Tues-Sat from 11 am-7 pm
Job Responsibilities:

• Provide advanced technical support to resolve hardware and software issues via phone and in-person assistance.
• Independently build, configure, troubleshoot, and perform preventive maintenance on IT systems and computer hardware, including stand-alone and networked PCs. Test and repair equipment as needed, collaborating with Corporate IT when necessary. (Certifications such as CompTIA, Microsoft, Google, or HDI are a plus.)
• Collaborate with Corporate IT to escalate complex issues and troubleshoot difficult problems.
• Coordinate with Corporate IT on the installation, maintenance, and support of all technology equipment at Reunion Tower, including lighting and exterior ball technology.
• Serve as an extension of the Corporate IT help desk for onsite troubleshooting, maintenance, and deployments.
• Provide daily technical support for company laptops and desktop systems.
• Troubleshoot and deploy printers as needed.
• Address user support requests through the IT Helpdesk ticketing system.
• Respond to phone calls, tickets, and email support requests.
• Document and track all support activities within the helpdesk system.
• Maintain and update troubleshooting guides and the team knowledge base.
• Create and document procedures, standards, best practices, configurations, installation steps, and rollback instructions.
• Stay informed about network servers and cabling standards.
• Manage the server room's organization and maintenance, ensuring all equipment operates efficiently.
• Oversee digital signage at Reunion Tower, assisting the Marketing department with content uploads and updates.
• Maintain audiovisual equipment, including the LED wall, photo technology, GeO-Deck inner wall, and other technology installations.
• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of computer systems, operating systems, and hospitality-related software.
• Provide LAN support, including network setup, configuration, and troubleshooting. Ensure smooth network connectivity and performance for all users.
• Communicate effectively in both written and verbal forms while maintaining strong working relationships.

Required Experience:

• 5+ years of experience providing technical support in an IT solutions role.
• Expertise in computer systems and IT-related software.
• Experience with computer hardware installation, configuration, and repair.
• Knowledge of network servers and cabling standards.
• Basic knowledge of Active Directory, group policies, Office 365, and Google G-Suite.
• Intermediate knowledge of:
  • HTML coding
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for web optimization
  • Google Analytics
  • E-commerce technologies
• POS administrator experience is a plus.

Managerial Skills and Qualifications:

• Proficiency in English language, sales and marketing, guest service, and administration and management.
• Strong active listening, critical thinking, and persuasion skills.
• Excellent social perceptiveness and speaking skills.
• Strong judgment and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to manage personnel resources and demonstrate time management.
• Exceptional grooming and presentation in line with hospitality industry standards.
• Flexible schedule to accommodate events, promotions, and the dynamic demands of the hospitality industry, including days, evenings, holidays, and weekends.
• College degree preferred.
• Superior oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Analytical and process-focused mindset.

Specific Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Administration - Computer proficiency with a working knowledge of various software programs including but not limited to: MS Office Suite, Concur, SkillSoft, RocketRez. Organization and time management, with the ability to maintain and follow a calendar; respond to invitations in a timely manner and avoid scheduling conflicts. File/electronic record management. Maintain accurate and up-to-date SOP handbook for your position.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Fluency of Ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
• Grooming - All employees must maintain a neat, clean and well-groomed appearance per Reunion Tower Operating standards.
• Guest Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing guest and personal services. This includes guest needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of guest satisfaction.
• Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Mathematics - knowledge and practice of mathematics to perform basic accounting functions, reporting and analysis.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Operations Analysis - Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Originality - The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Sales - Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Technical Competency - The ability to identify how you can use systems and technology to improve ways of working. In-depth knowledge of equipment and programs in order to operate various computer systems. Provide technical training.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

Physical Demands:

• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing: Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to-position.
• Finger Dexterity: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned.
• The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.

Licenses or Certificates:

• Texas Alcoholic Beverage Certification (TABC) preferred, must possess the ability to obtain if provided by company.
• Tower Master certification, must possess the ability to obtain if provided by company.
• CPR Certified preferred, must possess the ability to obtain if provided by the company.
• Valid driver's license.

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